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What is Streaming Madness?

Streaming Madness is a piece of rogue software, advertised as a tool for easy access to free Movie and TV streaming services. However, it operates as a browser hijacker - makes modifications to browser settings to promote the info-search.page illegitimate search engine.

Additionally, Streaming Madness spies on users' browsing habits. Due to the questionable techniques used to distribute browser hijackers, they are also classified as PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

What is EMPLOYEE BENEFITS email scam?

Typically, the main purpose of phishing scams is to trick recipients into clicking on a website link that opens some deceptive page asking to enter personal information, or downloads malware, or opening an attachment that installs malicious software. Simply said, cyber criminals use phishing emails to spread malware or extract sensitive information.

Most of the times, cybercriminals behind phishing attacks pretend to be legitimate companies, organization. Also, their emails are disguised as important, official, urgent, etc.

What is Image Search?

Image Search is a piece of rogue software, endorsed as a tool for easy access to image databases. To elaborate, this product allows users to search for images on Unsplash, Creative Commons, Pinterest, Pexels, and PixaBay - by highlighting text on any website and opening the right-click menu.

However, Image Search also delivers misleading/malicious ads and collects browsing-related information. Due to this behavior, this tool is classified as adware. Since most users install Image Search inadvertently, it is categorized as a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application) as well.

What is "MAC Malware Warning Alert !"?

"MAC Malware Warning Alert !" is a fake pop-up error message claiming that the victim's computer has been infected. This message is usually delivered by a deceptive website, to which users are redirected by various adware-type applications that specifically target the Mac OS.

These deceptive applications usually infiltrate systems without users' permission. Furthermore, adware-type apps continually gather various information relating to users' Internet browsing activity and deliver intrusive online advertisements.

What is znews-live[.]com?

Sharing many similarities with captcha2020.com, itabsolan.com, withoughtc.top, and thousands of others, znews-live[.]com is a rogue website. Visitors to it are presented with dubious content and/or are redirected to other untrustworthy/malicious pages.

Most users unintentionally access sites of this kind; they get redirected to such by intrusive adverts or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications). This software does not require explicit user consent to infiltrate systems. PUAs can have heinous abilities, e.g., causing redirects, delivering intrusive advertisement campaigns, and collecting browsing-related data.

What is SearchConverterNet?

Browser hijacker is a type of potentially unwanted application (PUA) that modifies a web browser's settings to promote a specific address (in most cases, some fake search engine). In other words, it redirects users to an address or multiple addresses that they had no intention of visiting.

The SearchConverterNet app promotes the searchconverternet.com address. It is possible that this app gathers information relating to user's browsing habits (or other details) as well. Browser hijackers are called PUAs because it is very uncommon for users to download and install apps of this type on purpose.

What is Energias de Portugal (EDP) email virus?

EDP Group (Energias de Portugal) is a Portuguese electric utilities company. Research shows cybercriminals are spreading phishing emails disguised as letters from this company with a purpose to trick recipients into downloading and extracting a ZIP archive file, and then opening the extracted malicious VBS file that is designed to install malware.

Although, it is unknown what malware gets injected after executing the aforementioned VBS file. It is likely that this malspam campaign is used to distribute ransomware, Trojan, or some cryptocurrency miner.

What is the "Synchronize Mail Error" scam email?

"Synchronize Mail Error" refers to an email spam campaign. This term refers to a large-scale operation during which deceptive emails are sent by the thousand. The letters distributed through this campaign notify recipients that they have a number of pending emails.

The messages are supposedly withheld and require to be released or deleted. It must be emphasized that this information is false, and recipients have no mail that has failed to arrive into their email inbox. The purpose of the "Synchronize Mail Error" scam letters is to promote a phishing website, which is disguised as the email account sign-in page.

Any data entered into this site is disclosed to the scammers behind the spam campaign.

What is Periox ransomware?

Periox is a piece of malicious software that is classified as ransomware. It is designed to encrypt data and demand payment for the decryption. During the encryption process, affected files are appended with the ".periox" extension.

For example, a file originally named something like "1.jpg" would appear as "1.jpg.periox", "2.jpg" as "2.jpg.periox", "3.jpg" as "3.jpg.periox", and so on. After this process is complete, ransom-demanding message - "help.html" - is created.

What is Package Tracker Express?

Package Tracker Express is a piece of rogue software, which is endorsed as a tool for easy access to package/mail tracking services. It operates by making modifications to browser settings - to promote the packagetrackerexpress.com fake search engine.

Due to its behavior, Package Tracker Express is classified as a browser hijacker. Typically users download/install Package Tracker Express inadvertently, hence it is also deemed to be a PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application). Most of these apps have data tracking abilities that are used to collect browsing-related information.

Package Tracker Express likely has such functionalities as well.